Display the first part of a file with head

Similar to the tail command which shows you the last few lines of a text file, the head command lets you to quickly view the first few lines.
The head command syntax.

head [options] file

By default head will show you the first 10 lines of a text file.

$ head textfile.txt

You can change the number of lines displayed [...]

Display the last part of a file with tail

Similar to the head command which shows you the first few lines of a text file, the tail command lets you to quickly view the last few lines of a text file. It also supports a monitoring mode which displays ongoing changes within the file.
The tail command syntax.

tail [options] file

By default tail will show you [...]